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From: nigel@znet.net.au (Nigel Gorry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 386DX-40 or 486SX-33?
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 08:14:59
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In article <961206173728492@FrontierTech.COM> masonm@intercon.com (Marc Mason) writes:
>Any chance of getting the 16MB on one board?  That would do more than moving 
>the CPU around.

Not unless I can find someone that will swap 8 x 1Mb Simms (30 pin) for 
4 x 4Mb (30 pin).

Seriously, in Australia it's cheaper to buy a new motherboard with 8 or 16Mb 
72pin SIMMS, than to buy new 4Mb 30pin SIMMS.

Nigel